Future of Coal Mining in Upper Hunter
There is no indication at present of any likely reduction in the level of coal-mining in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1954
557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 28
New Offices and Shops for Bridge Street Coal Company's Move
Muswellbrook Coal Company will erect a two-storey building on land situated near the Muswellbrook "Chronicle" office in Bridge Street. The building will comprise two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Solid Gold on Train
TURIN: A twenty-one foot steel car with brass fittings and the Royal arms of Saudi Arabia in sold gold left Turin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World Gold Production
World gold production in 1953 is estimated to have been almost steady at 26.5 million 02. fine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by Colliery Conveyor
WEST WALLSEND- A pittop hand at Mt. Sugarloaf colliery was dragged slowly to his death to-day in a conveyer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stowage in Cessnock Mines
CESSNOCK: A member of the Coal Conservation Committee said in Cessnock today that stowage in four large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board "Wriggles Out of Responsibility"
The Joint Coal Board by its re jection of a claim by Singleton for more than £3500 which it had encouraged the town to pay for improvements had used the "cunning point" and a loophole to "wriggle out of its responsibility."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board Objects to Limestone Mining
Gloucester Pastures Protection Board is opposed to the mining of limestone in its travelling stock reserve at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Fatalities
LONDON: One hundred and two miners were killed in British pita In the first quarter of this year. Another 528 were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leg Fractured At Colliery
CESSNOCK: Frederick Caban, 28, of Ellalong, a loader hand, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →102 Killed In British Mines
One hundred and two mineworkers were killed in British pits in the first quarter of this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Fall Caused Meningitis of Branxton Miner
Meningitis, from which a Branxton miner died in Maitland Hospital on March 25, was the result…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sudden Death Of Mining Official
CESSNOCK: The death occurred suddenly early this morning of Mr. William Mc-Balane one of the best-known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Claims to Be Revised
The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said yesterday that the attitude of the Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maintenance Of Colliery Access Roads
The Joint Coal Board has approved as application by Lower Hunter Shire Council for surplus funds available on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal cut will hit more than 600 mine employees
Between 600 and 700 mineworkers will be affected by plans to cut N.S.W. coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Disputes
CESSNOCK: Production loss on the South Maitland coalfield to-day is 2300 tons. Abermain No. 1 is idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Jobs in Jeopardy Unless Recruitment Halted Statement By Miners' Secretary
Unless the Joint Coal Board stopped recruitment in the industry, the jobs of all miners in New South Wales might be in jeopardy, the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Neilly)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Grant for Kurri School Library
A grant of £70 for library funds would be made available by the Joint Coal Board if the Association made a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Troubleshooters on the Air Coal Company Linesmen Mw Directed by-Radio
The "troubleshooters" of the electricity distribution section of the Muswellbrook Coal Co. are now directed to trouble spots by means of radio. A "Chronicle" representative on Wednesday saw…
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